2 Step

zefa · Post by **zefa** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:45 am

Right - i missed out on a lot of good 2 Step as at the time i was mainly in to techno...i started following early dubstep (2001) and have a few bits on Groove Chronicles, Ghost, and early Tempa stuff as well as various bits from Locked On...the thing is i want more!!

Am a big fan of some of the vocal garage stuff, and of course dark basslines...

Can anyone here provide me with a brief history of 2 Step with some of the killer artists - tunes and lables that were the driving force behind the sound?

j_j · Post by **j_j** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:48 am

www.barefiles.com
United Vibes history mix ....

zefa · Post by **zefa** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:48 pm

Cheers J_J...

vibezin · Post by **vibezin** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:02 pm

There's some classic 2 step at the beginning of this mix:

http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3161

There are loads of producers to check, but Steve Gurley and Chris Mac are my faves

bunzer0 · Post by **bunzer0** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:50 pm

Zed Bias !!!!

grievous_angel · Post by **grievous_angel** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:05 pm

My old Abstract 2step mix might be one place to start. A lot of people seem to have enjoyed it (though it's not perfect) and Jess Harvell bigged it up on Pitchfork a year ago (http://pitchforkmedia.com/features/week ... home.shtml).

The track listing has a lot of the key producers, though it was missing vast swathes of classics...:

Dem 2: Keep It Coming
Dem 2: Bad Funk (Big Time Scary Dub)
US Alliance: All I know (Dem 2 Dub)
El B: Digital
Leee John: Your Mind Your Body Your Soul (MJ Cole Mix) /
Wideboys Feat. Rusty: Somethings Got Me Started (Wideboys Breakbeat Dub)
MJ & Rob D: Cum Cakes!
El B: Urban Myth
Headtop: The Matrix
Dem 2: Baby You’re So Sexy (Dub)
Groove Chronicles: Black Puppet
Groove Chronicles: Holiday Da Vybe
M Dubs: For Real (Grievous Angel Twisted Dub)
Top Cat: Gal Dem Sugar
Lady Saw: Bump’n'Grind
ATFC Bad Habit (Grievous Angel Edit)
Artful Dodger / Robbie Craig / Craig David: Woman Trouble
Artful Dodger / Craig David: Drop the Funk

Email me if you want a link to it.

I'd like to do another one but all my old 2step is in storage

Oh, and this thread (http://www.dissensus.com/showthread.php ... ight=2step) is the motherlode of pointers to great, lesser known UKG.

furiouz · Post by **furiouz** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:18 pm

Check out Steve Gurleys stuff...Essential

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:15 pm

Phuturistix

bunzer0 · Post by **bunzer0** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:56 am

pdomino wrote:Phuturistix

or Maddslinky ... both projects courtesy of Zed Bias....
othere aliases and disco http://www.discogs.com/artist/Zed+Bias

zefa · Post by **zefa** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:48 am

Cheers guys...got some of the Maddslinky stuff, tis ace...

jonrust · Post by **jonrust** » Tue May 02, 2006 1:52 am

Yo Z.... Todd Edwards for the choppage.

bruno belluomini · Post by **bruno belluomini** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:22 am

J_J wrote:www.barefiles.com
United Vibes history mix ....

Very highly recommended!

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Tue May 02, 2006 1:06 pm

ez Zefa

peeps say first 2 step tune is "Never gonna let you go" by Tina Moore mixed by American producer Kelly G. The Dreem Teem get the credit for really pushing the sound - see their remix of Amira's "My Desire" (originally a Blaze tune I think). Also "the theme" (1997). Defo worth a look at Gurley (The original beatmaster), Chris Mac, Dem2. M-dubs and the Wideboys. If you're feeling brave dip your toe into the 4x4 stuff as well!!

furiouz · Post by **furiouz** » Tue May 02, 2006 1:17 pm

Lots of good 4x4 came out during the "golden ukg era" 97-99. MJ Cole, Anthill Mob, Ray Hurley, Nice N Ripe, Dub Monsters, Tuff Jam, New Horisonz, Ramsey & Fen, Todd etc etc... still buy a lot of that when I get the chance.

auralassassin · Post by **auralassassin** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:16 pm

I've got a garage and 2step mix I recorded recently... a lot more 4x4 than most people here would probably like... get at me on AIM and I'll swing it that way... for the broken stuff, I HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHLY highly suggest that United Vibes mix...

probably one of the best 2step mixeds I've heard in a very long time.

alex bk-bk · Post by **alex bk-bk** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:20 pm

if anyone fancies a bit of old-skool vocal the Jiggy B CD on Rinsessions is fucking great and so much fun

vibezin · Post by **vibezin** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:54 pm

Here's a link to an inpromptu hour long subfm show i did a couple of weeks ago...UNDERGROUND old skool garage, pretty much all 4 to the floor

http://download.yousendit.com/C1F25E523B0B0CF1

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